In a lawless land stricken with gold fever, the struggle for survival and fortune takes a turn towards murder in this gripping western crime novel from the author of The Wolf Road.

Gold fever has taken him. I believe he means to kill me …

Canada, 1898. The Gold Rush is on in the frozen wilderness of the Yukon. Fortunes are made as quickly as they're lost, and Dawson City has become a lawless settlement.

In its midst, three women are trying to find their place on the edge of civilization. Journalist Kate, along with her dog Yukon, has travelled hundreds of miles after receiving a letter from her sister warning that her husband means to kill her. Martha's hotel and livelihood are under threat from the local strongman, who is set on buying up the town. And down by the river, where gold shimmers from between the rocks, Ellen feels her future slip away as her husband fails to find the fortune they risked so much to seek.

When a woman is found murdered, Kate, Martha and Ellen find their lives, fates and fortunes intertwined. But to unmask her killer, they must navigate a desperate land run by dangerous men who will do anything for a glimpse of gold …

“Gold fever has struck the Yukon. Amid the chaos and the lawlessness that prevail, three women are the focus for Beth Lewis’s absorbing novel. After a woman is found murdered in a squalid alley, the women are drawn together to search for the truth of the murder. They find strength within themselves and succeed in breaking free from the obsessive, violent men in their lives. Lewis conjures up the brutal realities of the 1898 gold rush in a compelling narrative.”—The Times (London)

Georgina Sadler

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